Suspicious, detectives approached a car in the West Wareham 7-Eleven parking lot at 10:30 p.m. and encountered resistance from a passenger, 24-year-old Matthew Striggles of 343 Pine St., Bridgewater, according to police. After a brief struggle, police searched Striggles and found a loaded Beretta with a defaced serial number, police said.

Striggles was arraigned on charges of carrying a gun without a license and resisting arrest today at Wareham Fourth District Court, police said.